Spontanframboos | Mikkeller ApS

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Poured into a Double Barley can-shaped glass. Bottom of can says 22/06/17.

Pours a dark ruby red color with a 3/4 inch pinkish-purplish head that retains well before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a mostly full sheet of sheer surface foam. Resilient lacing leaves small clots behind.

S- Big black raspberry aroma with some nice funk and a hint of tartness.

T- Jeez. Intensely sour lactic acid attack with lots of raspberry surrounding. The sweetness tries to vie for position but the tartness overwhelms and becomes the main player. Decent amount of funk to keep things interesting.

M- High level of pucker with medium carbonation and a body leaning toward the lighter side.

O- Quite good but just a tad too sour for my liking. There's plenty of fruit and funk complexity to keep me interested but 5 oz of this is plenty for me.

Canned lambic, I've seen it all, what's next- barleywine in a bag? Purchased at AJ's Beer Warehouse in Henrietta, NY.

This pours a very vividly dark red, with a big 1.5 inch white head, and no lacing.

Smells pretty dirty and pretty sour- lots of very sour raspberry on the nose, dirty and musty funk, red wine vinegar, and oak.

This has a wonderfully dry and sour raspberry character, with a secondary juicy cranberry character, as well, with a withering dry vinegary funk, and lots of oak, especially as it warms. This is up there with the traditional producers of raspberry lambic- it's really quite nice.

This is lighter bodied, with a fairly juicy mouthfeel, and a good level of carbonation.

This might be the best Spontan beer that I've had. It was challenging and complex, and very tasty.